According to TheWrap, Hernandez is “in negotiations” for an unknown role in the film, which is still seeking a replacement for departed cast member Tom Hardy.

When Warner Bros announced the film’s impressive cast in December, Hardy was on board to play Rick Flag opposite Jared Leto as The Joker, Will Smith as Deadshot, Jai Courtney as Boomerang, BAFTA Rising Star award nominee Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn and Cara DeLevigne as Enchantress.

Shooting on Suicide Squad is due to begin in April with Fury director David Ayer behind the camera. The film is scheduled for release on August 5, 2016.

In addition to the first batch of cast members (Smith, Leto, Robbie, Courtney and DeLevigne), Viola Davis has officially signed up for a supporting role as Amanda Waller. Davis’s character is a government agent who is often put in charge of the ‘suicide squad’, a group of super-villains working for the government in return for their freedom.

It has also been rumoured that Jesse Eisenberg will appear as Lex Luthor, the villainous role he will take on in next year’s Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice, but this has yet to be confirmed by Warner Bros.